Re: [squid-users] Using two caches

Yes.

Make the ISP proxy a non-ICP peeer. This would make it queried last of
all.

--
Henrik Nordstrom
Squid Hacker
Ramesh Dhillon wrote:
> 
> When I say "before" I mean querying our local cache first & if object
> not found here then query the ISP proxy cache.
> Does this mean I need to use your second option?
> 
> At 08:22 11/05/2001 +0200, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> 
>      Define "before".
> 
>      Normally you chain caches when you have this requirement
> 
>      your -> local -> ISP
> 
>      in which case you only configure "local" as a parent to your
>      cache, and
>      "local" in turn uses the ISP cache as parent.
> 
>      If you only want to fetch cache hits from the local cache
>      then set up a
>      sibling relation to it.
> 
>      your -> isp
>       |
>       V
>      local
> 
>      but this requires the "local" cache to support ICP or cache
>      digests, or
>      else there is no method for querying if the objects are
>      cached or not.
> 
>      --
>      Henrik Nordstrom
>      Squid hacker
> 
>      Ramesh Dhillon wrote:
>      >
>      > Hi,
>      >
>      > I have currently setup SQUID to use our ISP's proxy cache.
>      The IT
>      > Manager wants me to now use both our local cache & the ISP
>      proxy
>      > cache.
>      > The setup would be as follows: to access our local cache
>      first before
>      > the ISP proxy cache. Is this possible?
>      >
>      > Thanks
>      >
>      >
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> Ramesh Dhillon
> Systems Administrator
> Prophecy International Pty. Ltd.
> Level 1, 41 Dequetteville Tce
> Kent Town, Adelaide, SA 5067
> Ph:  +61 8 8364 4411
> Fax: +61 8 8364 4454
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